One of the most notable
styling features of the Ford
Anglia
105E was its reverse raked rear window. This
feature wasnt just a publicity stunt to get
the car noticed. Ford put a lot of thought in to
the design of the rear window and the roof line,
and shaped it in such a way as to add extra
headroom for the rear seat passengers in a medium
sized car package.

The reverse rake also meant that the
overall height of the 105E was lower than the
previous 100E model without compromising the
comfort of those in the rear.

Due
to the consequence of the rear window sloping the
"wrong way", it was also said that it
aided visibility in bad weather, during a time
when rear window wipers and demisters were the
reserve of the car designers of the future and
the more luxurious makes.

The
Anglia 105Es rear window all weather
visibility is highlighted in the following
pictures, which shows the reverse raked rear
window free from snow during the winter months

and rain and water during the English summer
months.

A
few car makers of the time tried to emulate the
rear window feature on their models, with the
CitroŽn Ami and Reliant Regal being two of the
more common examples. Ford even tried a similar
design on their four door Consul Classic range,
but, for some reason, this did not have the same
public appeal or sales success as the very
popular Ford Anglia.

The reverse raked rear window design
seemed to have been consigned to the bin, but as
the car manufacturers look at ways to make their
cars greener and smaller, the reverse raked rear
window is making a bit of a comeback as an idea
of how to make the most of the internal space
within a compact car as well as providing that
all important headroom in the rear.

Recent examples of this
new type of thinking have come from
Toyota with their Will